Injected urbanism

Urban theory from India

Bibliographic Data

ID11670312
AuthorsRobbin Jan Van Duijne (0000-0003-3659-4720, University of Twente, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume45
Issue1
Pages33-44
Publication date2023-09-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02723638.2023.2253112
OpenAlexW4386442073
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited45

This article reports on an urbanization process that can be described as injected urbanism. While conventional Northern theoretical perspectives capture an important role for one-way rural-to-urban migration of households in urban growth processes, injected urbanism centers on circular labor migration of individuals and remittances flows as crucial drivers of urban growth. Injected urbanism is incipient by nature and geographically specific to predominantly rural regions. Through a ten-point conceptual-analytical framework, I illustrate how this process unfolds in India. Injected urbanism, or locally distinctive versions thereof, can likely be found across broader geographies in the Global South, especially in areas where there is a structural employment shift out of agriculture, few local employment alternatives, and little household out-migration. The article engages with current core theoretical debates in urban geography and furthers the development of postmodern/postcolonial urban viewpoints

Archaeology · Art · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Geography · Postmodernism · Sociology · Urbanism · Urbanization · Viewpoints · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance · Architecture

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